Whiffletree-clip



(No Model.)

E.H. SAWYER'S.

. WHIPPLBTRBB CLIP. No.. 490,683. Patented Jan. 3l, 1893. a

. therewith. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the double-tree, as fullyshown in Fig. 2. A brace UNTTED STATES PATENT GEFICE.

ELDRIDGE H. SAWYERS,

OF NIONVILLE, IOWAf.

WHIFFLETREE-CLIP.

.SPECIL'FCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,683, datedJanuary 31, 1893.

Application filed August 11, 1892.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELDRIDGE H. SAWYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Unionville, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Clip for Single and Double Trees, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clips for single and double trees and also tothe formation of said parts in connection with the clip, and has for itsobject to simplify the construction of devices of this character andstrengthen the connection of the several parts, and with this object inview, the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of theparts thereof as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. p

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved form ofclip. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a double-tree showing the improvedconstruction applied in connection line Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the device shown in connection with the single-tree.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several figures. 'f

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1, designates the lower embracingor supporting portion of the clip whichconsists of a U -shaped plateadapted to be fitted over the end of the main tree 2 of a double tree,or the central portion 3, of a single-tree 4, or it may be employed inconnecting the single-trees in a 5, is secured to the top portion of theU -shaped plate and consisting ofl a rear iiat arm 6 and a front raisedend 7. The rear fiat arm 6,has a bolt or rivet 7X, passed therethroughand through openings S, in the rear portion of the said U-shaped plateand said bolt or rivet may also form a means of securing the clip inposition or serve as a brace therefor. The U-shaped plateis also securedin position by a bolt or rivet, extending through opposite sides thereofand the portion of the single or double tree confined between parts ofthe same. In some instances this central rivet or bolt 9, may bepositioned either in advance of the location shown or in rear of thesame, and

the rearmost bolt or rivet S, may be employed Serial No. 442,828. (Nomodel.)

alone to serve the function of the said rivet or bolt 9. Throughopenings in the -front part of the U-shaped plate and the upwardly bentend '7, of the brace 6,a bolt l0, is passed, which forms the pivotalsupport for the single tree either when used alone or as a part of adouble tree, it being lseen that the upward bent end 7 of the brace 6forms'a space with the front part of the U -shaped plate to receive thecentral portion of the single tree in either vthe double treeconstruction or when said single tree is used alone to allow fullmovement of the latter and to properly mount the same in position.

It will be understood that the clip as set forth may be applied at anydesired point and lused in any manner and for any purpose for which itis applicable. When said clip is used at the center of a douhble tree ordraft equalizer' vas shown in Fig. 2, the inner ends of single trees 11thereof are formed or provided with inwardly extending opposinglysituated plates 12 having their inner ends slotted and overlapping inorder to cause the slots thereof to align, and in this instance the saidslotted plates 12 engage thepin 9 which is centrally located asmore-clearly shown in Fig. 3. This arrangement of parts provides for acentral connection for a centrally located single tree and actsefficiently to equalize the draft, as will be observed when the saidcentral single tree is-drawn forward the ends of.

the single trees 11 are also drawn forward and being of a looseconnection to the plates 12 will easily and readily resume their normalposif tions when the draft on the outer ends of thesingle trees 11,equalize the draft at the inner ends thereof. This provides a veryuseful and advantageous construction and arrangement of parts as will bereadily seen and un-l IOO will not permit a pulling or twisting on oneside or the other but directly in a straight line.

Other advantages will appear from time to time to those using the deviceand need not be further enlarged upon herein.

It will be understood that the clip herein set forth may be equally Wellused in manufacturing light work for buggy single or double trees orwherever else the use of the clip may be found desirable and applicable.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isz- 1. In adevice of the character set forth, a clip consisting of a lower U-shaped plate bent into form and extending the entire length of thedevice, and an upper brace having its rear end secured to the upper partof said plate by a bolt that extends therethrough and through the saidplateand the front part of the saule bent upward and having a boltextending therethrough and through the front of the said plate, saidbrace and plate being separated and bent into proper form and the boltsforming pivots and means of attachment for the parts of the whiietree,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character set forth,the combination of singletreeshaving slotted plates secured to the inner ends thereof, said slottedplates having the slotted portions thereof overlapping each otherbetween the inner ends of the said singletrees, and another singletreehaving the clip attached tothe center thereof and embracing the saidoverlapped portions of the slotted plates and having a bolt passingtherethrough and through the slots of said plates, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claixn the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signatur-ein 4o the presence of two witnesses.

ELDRIDGE I-I. SAW YERS.

lVitnesses:

J. C. POWELL, G. M. NEAL.

